μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Graves of giants.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Exceptionally large or small men. · view the constellation · filed as F531.6.13

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Icelandic Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 40, 51, 53, 148
  • Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 13ff., (1931) 8ff., VI 74
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 67 No. 577
  • general Broderius § 12
  • general **Höttges FFC CXXII 75ff., 256f.
  • general Faröe: Zs. f. Vksk. II 18.
Within the index

Filed under Other giant motifs.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Giants enchanted in caverns Giant enchanted in car
Filed beside it
Origin of giants. (Cf. F531.5.7.1.2.) Haunts of giants Homes of giants Age of giants Giants as magicians Giants as builders of great structures Giant's treasure. (Cf. F531.6.8.3.1.) Mutual relations of giants Giants as warriors (in army) Other occupations of giants Antipathies of giants Disappearance or death of giants Ghost of giant Giants and supernatural beings Attendants of the giants Other acts of giants

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